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Kanji Detail for 桑 - "mulberry"

桑

  • Meaning

    桑 means "mulberry." Also associated with sericulture.

    1. Mulberry - A deciduous tree whose leaves feed silkworms.

    2. Sericulture - Related to silk production.

  • Words using 桑

    • 桑田 そうでん Listen mulberry plantation
    • 桑原 くわばら Listen mulberry field

  • Four-character idioms with 桑

    • 桑田滄海 そうでんそうかい Listen the world is a scene of constant changes (as a mulberry field changing into a blue sea)
    • 桑田碧海 そうでんへきかい Listen the world is a scene of constant changes (as a mulberry field changing into a blue sea)
    • 滄海桑田 そうかいそうでん Listen the world is a scene of constant changes

  • Tattoo check: 桑

    • Verified meaning: mulberry
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read くわ, くわさき, くわざき, くわつる)
    • Also carries these associations: sericulture

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 桑

    Surnames 桑(くわ)Listen 桑(くわさき)Listen 桑(くわざき)Listen 桑(くわつる)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    mulberry

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    mulberry tree; surname

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Sang

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    mulberry tree; surname

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A tree name. Leaves can feed silkworms. Those planted in the old Huzhou Prefecture area of Zhejiang are excellent, with low spreading branches and large fleshy leaves, called 湖桑. Mulberries planted in farmland everywhere mostly come from this variety. Common wild ones have tall trunks and small leaves. The wood can make farm tools and implements. The bark can make paper. The fruit is called 葚, purple-black and edible when ripe. "Book of Odes" has a poem "Sanzhong" in the Zheng Feng section, criticizing elopement. Hence illicit affairs are called 桑中之約 (meeting at Sanzhong), also 桑濮. 濮 refers to the Pu River. The licentious music composed by Shi Yan for King Zhou was obtained by Shi Juan at the Pu River. The so-called music of Zheng and Wei are all licentious sounds. | 桑梓 (mulberry and catalpa): Refers to hometown. Based on "Book of Odes": "Only the mulberry and catalpa, one must respectfully stop." Meaning trees planted by one's father. | 桑榆 (mulberry and elm): Refers to where the sun sets near the horizon. Such as 失之東隅收之桑榆 (what is lost at sunrise can be regained at sunset). From "Book of Later Han, Biography of Feng Yi." Meaning early mistakes can be corrected later. Now old age is called 桑榆暮景 (evening scene at mulberry and elm).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    soh(ソウ) ソウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    kuwa(くわ) くわ

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    木 (ki・kihen)

  • Related Keywords

    mulberry sericulture leaves silk tree fabric agriculture farming fruit weaving wood dye

Sentences including 桑

  • The China roses are in bloom.

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